RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 01/06/19> Well; another case of bait and switch … now I’m pissed.
Just hardly anything pisses me off worse than the old bait and switch. Just makes me completely wild.
I have a somewhat newer Dell laptop and have used Dell desktops for a long time. The last two I bought from Dell Refurb and got great prices.
Do you have a raggedy ass computer shop nearby? I have two that work on lots of old and abused computers (I know one guy. He spends most of his day cleaning computers for people that just can't quit clicking on links and get so full of viruses that they just quit functioning. Makes a living at it) Anyway, a lot of them have a 'better used' stack of stuff laying around. You might get lucky and get a gennie Dell piece.
I have a box full of the adapter ends for one reason or another (one of the reasons is my long term fascination with auxiliary batteries) and I just hate them.
I am stone cold sure that somebody makes the charger you seek. Just cause a manufacturer has quit servicing an item doesn't mean that nobody uses them and that they need parts...
A quick check on EBay seems to show a company named ChargerPlanet out of the UK that handles the dedicated charger for about $30.
I wonder if you could call Dell Customer Support and ask them? Hell, you are close enough to the home of Dell to go in and ask them... It's in Texas, anyway.
Well, sir. I hope this doesn't upset your gentle Sunday routine too much.
Yes, I am quite close to the home of Dell as they are located just north of Austin on I-35, in fact I have been on their "campus" as they call it and I have been to Michael Dell's house over in Austin. His house sits up on a big hill and has armed guards with machine guns protecting the place. It is easier to get into the FBI building in Victoria, Texas than it is to get onto the Dell family property in Austin I can assure you of that since I have been to both places.
I will look at ChargerPlanet but the picture on ChargerBuy showed the dedicated charger and even showed it as only compatible with Dell. So I guess it is true; you can't believe everything you see or read on the internet.
I think I will expand more on laptop chargers tomorrow for a Daily Dose, I have a couple ideas and have had them for a while, it is time to share those.